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  1. HDFC extends dual-rate at higher price
  2. Under the scheme, all new home loan customers who apply on or before 30 September and take at least part disbursement before 31 October will be offered loans at a fixed rate of 8.50% up to 31 March 2011, and 9.50% next year

    Posted on 8 September 2010 | 12:26 am

  3. SBI plans to issue Rs1,000 cr retail bonds
  4. The bank’s board approved the issuance of Rs500 crore of bonds with an option to retain 100% over subscription

    Posted on 8 September 2010 | 12:25 am

  5. Bangalore’s race course gets breather from SC, K’taka govt undecided
  6. Hearing in the land tussle between the Karnataka government and the Bangalore Turf Club Ltd will take place after a month

    Posted on 8 September 2010 | 12:24 am

  7. Aditya Birla Finance gets capital infusion
  8. The fresh capital infusion will thus help ABFL to meet its solvency requirements and expanding operations by expanding our portfolio with new product launches

    Posted on 8 September 2010 | 12:18 am

  9. Kicking polio
  10. India’s has waged a relentless war for the past few years against a disease that has no cure. For the first time in the history of the campaign, the two remaining states where the disease is endemic--Bihar and Uttar Pradesh--were simultaneously free from the most virulent Type 1 poliovirus for more than eight consecutive months until last week

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 11:50 pm

  11. Frontline fighters in the mosquito wars
  12. American Biophysics Corp. makes mosquito magnets that work by emitting a steady stream of carbon dioxide, heat, moisture and octenol

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 11:44 pm

  13. Quick Edit | Size does matter
  14. Shenzhen’s 30 years, which it celebrated on Monday, are a testament to the idea of clusters

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 11:43 pm

  15. BCCI, four banks under ED scanner
  16. Vijaya Bank, HDFC Bank, Yes Bank and Axis Bank being probed over remittances made to Cricket South Africa

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 11:43 pm

  17. Revenue of $3 bn by 2013 is a directional target
  18. The size of the opportunity remains the same, and at the end of it, the product does get launched

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 11:42 pm

  19. The Mint Report for 07 September 2010
  20. An extended monsoon season hammers Maharashtra’s sugar cane crops; Maruti aims to up its production capacity by more than 40%; SpiceJet to begin international flights next month

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 11:38 pm

  21. Unitech hires Jayesh Desai for infra unit
  22. The real estate major Unitech Group is looking to power its push into infrastructure by hiring Jayesh Desai, an industry insider said

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 11:33 pm

  23. Your financial life is OK when...
  24. Your job is to keep the fantastic stories of multiplier returns and land deals of your peer group from pushing you to make rash moves

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 11:00 pm

  25. There’s enough capital for Indian firms
  26. The challenge PE funds face in India is that most firms they want to invest in want to be listed, as the associated costs are relatively low

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 10:54 pm

  27. SAE to boost KEC’s global presence
  28. As a 100% subsidiary of KEC post-acquisition, SAE will enhance both revenues and earnings immediately as the management hopes to complete the deal in a month

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 10:01 pm

  29. A time to give
  30. We’re used to consuming free software and services and have taken many of these for granted. Now is the time to take responsibility and help sustain some of these services

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 9:15 pm

  31. Skype-ing in troubled times
  32. In an encrypted network, the data is converted into a code to prevent unauthorized access

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 9:12 pm

  33. Upgraded for power
  34. A Mac notebook for pros which can finally flaunt the Intel i-series processors, and an MP4 player from Philips that will bowl you over

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 9:12 pm

  35. Obama in the grey
  36. Barack Obama, in the last three years, faced the presidential campaign, two wars, a healthcare Bill, recession and unemployment, Wall Street reform, a recalcitrant opposition, and waning popularity

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 8:43 pm

  37. A state without capacity
  38. India cannot provide quality education or subsidized food without efficiency at the lower level of the bureaucracy

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 8:41 pm

  39. Download Central | Fusion 1.2.5
  40. To use this application, you will need photographs that have different exposures

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 8:39 pm

  41. A state without capacity
  42. India cannot provide quality education or subsidized food without efficiency at the lower level of the bureaucracy

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 8:38 pm

  43. Running family business firms
  44. Obscuring the line between ownership and management in family businesses has led to curious appointments. But the selection process often decides the outcome

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 8:32 pm

  45. Rupee drops on broad dollar rally, outflows weigh
  46. The partially convertible rupee closed at 46.84/85 per dollar, 0.7% below its close of 46.53/54 on Monday

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 6:03 pm

  47. Etisalat doesn’t see a deal with Reliance this year
  48. It does not exclude Idea Cellular among many options in India; Etisalat still very interested in Morocco

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 3:51 pm

  49. Markets test new 31-month high; cement up
  50. Overseas funds have poured $13.1 billion into Indian stocks this year, adding to net inflows of a record $17.5 billion in 2009, and traders said the buying was underpinning the market

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 3:44 pm

  51. Gillard’s Labour party wins enough support to rule
  52. Australia’s first female prime minister promised her government will be stable over the next three years, although the defection of a single lawmaker would bring down her administration

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 2:42 pm

  53. Maruti Suzuki unveils new India plant to meet demand
  54. Maruti, which has a strong following among India’s growing middle class, is already producing at full capacity and has long waiting lists for some popular models

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 12:12 pm

  55. Asia stocks near 1-month high; euro dips
  56. The MSCI Asian stock index outside Japan marked time after gaining 5 percent so far this month, while Japan’s Nikkei average rebounded after briefly losing 0.8% due to profit-taking

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 10:25 am

  57. Oil extends drop as dollar gains, eyes storms
  58. The New York Mercantile Exchange, home to West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures, will issue just one settlement for those three days

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 10:06 am

  59. KEC Intl buys US-based SAE Towers for $95 mn
  60. The acquistion, expected to close this month, would be on a cash-free, debt-free basis and would add to KEC International’s earnings from 2010/11

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 10:02 am

  61. PVR eyes Rs100-cr from bowling alley arm by FY’12
  62. PVR Blu O is a joint venture between Thailand-based Major Cineplex and PVR and is already a profitable venture for the multiplex chain clocking a revenue of around Rs15 crore in FY 10

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 9:54 am

  63. Obama kicks off campaign with $50 bn jobs plan
  64. Infrastructure overhaul would create jobs from 2011; Obama eyes oil, gas firm tax breaks to pay for it; analysts say plan would not help economy immediately

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 12:52 am

  65. Army chief in Lanka on three-day tour
  66. The army chief’s visit comes amid concerns over increasing Chinese presence in India’s periphery including Sri Lanka and Myanmar

    Posted on 7 September 2010 | 12:45 am

  67. Pvt sector debt piled up due to inadequate norms: BIS
  68. Banks should recognize their losses at an early stage as well as rebuild their capital to help bring down the overall private sector debt, Bank for International Settlements said

    Posted on 6 September 2010 | 6:49 pm

  69. Afghan foreign troops death toll hits 500 for 2010
  70. The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force said an ISAF service member was killed in an insurgent attack in the east on Sunday

    Posted on 6 September 2010 | 2:58 pm

  71. Moderate global recovery underway: IMF
  72. IMF first managing director John Lipsky said there are risks and challenges, but the global economic recovery seems to be moving more or less in line with IMF’s forecast

    Posted on 5 September 2010 | 7:15 pm

  73. Gales, aftershocks shake quake hit New Zealand city
  74. Insurance fund has enough assets to cover claims; public facilities suffer some superficial damage; storm and aftershocks hamper clean-up

    Posted on 5 September 2010 | 3:25 pm

  75. Major fire in Hindu temple in UK, devotees safe
  76. The Hare Krishna temple in the east Midlands town of Leicester was partly gutted when suspected gas bottles used for cooking in the temple exploded

    Posted on 4 September 2010 | 12:46 am

  77. BP oil spill costs hit $8 bn as ends rig probe
  78. However, a successful effort to install a temporary cap on the well delayed work on the relief well, which BP said on Friday was now likely to be completed in Mid September

    Posted on 3 September 2010 | 4:35 pm

  79. Villagers flee as Indonesia volcano erupts again
  80. Friday’s eruption, the third this week, was three times stronger than the initial one recorded last Sunday. A second eruption followed on Monday

    Posted on 3 September 2010 | 10:00 am

  81. Bernanke cites ‘sadness’ in letting Lehman fail
  82. US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said a freshly minted financial reform law would help reduce the risk of future problems, provided regulators follow through on its implementation

    Posted on 3 September 2010 | 8:36 am

  83. Euro zone Q2 GDP jumps on households, investment
  84. Eurostat confirmed on Thursday that gross domestic product in the 16-nation currency area grew 1.0% quarter-on-quarter in the April-June period

    Posted on 2 September 2010 | 5:47 pm

  85. Brics - victims of success with global investors
  86. Bric stocks lag EM; losses similar to developed mkts; Bric stocks creeping into global portfolios; Brics more leveraged to world growth

    Posted on 2 September 2010 | 4:34 pm

  87. Japan’s scary way to chill in summer
  88. Ghost houses are set up especially for the summer in amusements parks in Japan with the tradition linked to Japanese Buddhism

    Posted on 2 September 2010 | 3:07 pm

  89. God did not create the universe, says Hawking
  90. In The Grand Design, co-authored with US physicist Leonard Mlodinow, Hawking says a new series of theories made a creator of the universe redundant, according to the extracts published in Times

    Posted on 2 September 2010 | 2:55 pm

  91. China, Russia agree to expand nuclear power cooperation
  92. China and Russia have agreed to expand nuclear power cooperation in seven areas, including building floating nuclear power plants

    Posted on 2 September 2010 | 2:52 pm

  93. Asian factory growth outstrips two-speed Europe
  94. Manufacturing growth in Germany slowed in August although other recent data show Europe’s biggest economy is expanding fast

    Posted on 1 September 2010 | 4:43 pm

  95. Obama administration appeals stem cell injunction
  96. The justice department also appealed against the injunction by judge Royce Lamberth in which he ruled National Institutes of Health funding of human embryonic stem cell research violated a law called the Dickey-Wicker Amendment

    Posted on 1 September 2010 | 4:39 pm

  97. US military in final phase of Iraq mission: Gates
  98. Around 50,000 US soldiers will remain in Iraq up to a withdrawal by the end of 2011 agreed in a bilateral security pact between the US and Iraq

    Posted on 1 September 2010 | 4:39 pm

  99. Obama declares end of US combat in Iraq; says no victory
  100. Obama said the Iraq war had stripped America of money needed for its own prosperity, and he called for an economic commitment at home to rival the grit and purpose of a military campaign

    Posted on 1 September 2010 | 9:53 am

  101. ‘Iraq wins independence as US ends combat role’
  102. US troop levels were cut to 50,000 before the partly symbolic deadline of 31 August pledged by US President Barack Obama. The remaining US troops will turn their focus to training Iraqi police and troops

    Posted on 31 August 2010 | 7:40 pm

  103. JAL unveils recovery plan, to cut 16,000 posts
  104. Since filing for bankruptcy protection in January, JAL was delisted from Tokyo’s stock exchange in February and is now going through a court-led restructuring with the help of a government-backed turnaround fund

    Posted on 31 August 2010 | 1:15 pm

  105. Britain’s Q2 economy grows at fastest pace in 9 years
  106. GDP increased by 1.2% in the second quarter of 2010, revised up from 1.1%, the Office for National Statistics said

    Posted on 27 August 2010 | 5:29 pm

  107. Scientists crack through wheat’s genetic code
  108. Complex genetic code is five times size of human genome; sequence data can help breeders select good genetic traits; better crops needed to combat feared world food shortage

    Posted on 27 August 2010 | 3:47 pm

  109. Dubai World prized assets on sale to cut debt
  110. It aims to raise up to $19.4 billion to pay off debts; also, it will appoint new managing director, CFO; Bankers get $150,000-$800,000 “consent fee” for agreement; expects to close restructuring by 1 October

    Posted on 25 August 2010 | 5:39 pm

  111. Jet misses runway, crashes in China; 42 killed
  112. The Henan Airlines plane with 91 passengers and five crew crashed late Tuesday in a grassy area near the Lindu airport on the outskirts of Yichun

    Posted on 25 August 2010 | 11:05 am

  113. Cairn Energy discovers gas in offshore Greenland
  114. Cairn revealed the discovery alongside news of a return to profit in the first half of 2010, and uncertainty over its recent deal to sell a majority stake in its Indian unit Cairn India, to mining group Vedanta

    Posted on 24 August 2010 | 4:24 pm

  115. Plane crash in Nepal kills all 14 on board
  116. The Agni Air plane was returning to Kathmandu after it was unable to land at Lukla, its intended destination in a popular trekking spot in eastern Nepal

    Posted on 24 August 2010 | 3:44 pm

  117. Mexican woman wins Miss Universe contest
  118. The first runner-up was Miss Jamaica, Yendi Phillipps, while Miss Australia, Jesinta Campbell, was second runner-up

    Posted on 24 August 2010 | 3:20 pm

  119. US court rules against Obama’s stem cell policy
  120. US district judge Royce Lamberth granted the injunction to stop federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research

    Posted on 24 August 2010 | 9:48 am

  121. 9 killed on hijacked tourist bus in Manila
  122. When they finally got inside, authorities said, they found eight bodies: seven Hong Kong tourists and the ex-policeman who had seized the bus to demand his job back

    Posted on 24 August 2010 | 9:42 am

  123. Australia poll delivers historic firsts despite deadlock
  124. Neither the ruling Labor party or conservative opposition managed to secure enough seats to claim office in the closest race in decades, with the balance of power to fall to a handful of independent and minority MPs

    Posted on 22 August 2010 | 4:13 pm

  125. Iran’s Ahmadinejad unveils new ’bomber’ drone
  126. “This jet, before it heralds death for enemies, is the messenger of salvation and dignity for humanity,” Ahmadinejad said

    Posted on 22 August 2010 | 2:41 pm

  127. India pledges full support to flood-hit Pak
  128. India extends its wholehearted support to the government of Pakistan in its effort for relief and rehabilitation of their adversely affected population, said Hardeep Singh Puri, India’s envoy to the UN

    Posted on 21 August 2010 | 12:53 pm

  129. Pakistan accepts Indian aid offer
  130. Over 1,700 people have died and the UN says more than 650,000 people are without basic shelter while six million desperately need emergency aid

    Posted on 20 August 2010 | 11:05 am

  131. Burney urges Pakistan govt to accept India’s flood aid
  132. Human Rights activist Ansar Burney has urged the Pakistan government to accept the donation offered by India for the flood relief work ‘in the greater interest of peace and love’

    Posted on 19 August 2010 | 4:08 pm

  133. Last US combat brigade exits Iraq
  134. The pullout came two days after a suicide bomber killed 59 people at a Baghdad army recruitment centre in Iraq’s deadliest attack this year

    Posted on 19 August 2010 | 3:09 pm

  135. Over 4 million homeless in flood-hit Pakistan: UN
  136. Aid agencies have been pushing for more funding as they try to tackle major problems such as food supplies, lack of shelter outbreaks of diseases

    Posted on 19 August 2010 | 12:13 pm

  137. Asian consumer spending seen at $32 trillion by 2030: ADB
  138. Rising middle class in Asia is pushing up consumer spending in the region; China, India expected to lead

    Posted on 19 August 2010 | 11:11 am

  139. New details on HP upheaval as CEO looks ahead
  140. Former Hewlett Packard CEO Mark Hurd approached by public companies, private equity firms: source; former HP boss didn’t want board to disclose sexual harassment claims; Hurd angry at recent HP media leaks, says source

    Posted on 18 August 2010 | 10:50 am

  141. Visa row: US officials start talks with various parties
  142. The hike in the visa fees to fund new measures would result in Indian IT companies having to shell out up to $250 million annually on visa costs

    Posted on 12 August 2010 | 12:46 pm

  143. US Congressman comes out against visa fee hike bill
  144. The Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act was on Tuesday by a voice vote in the House of Representatives

    Posted on 11 August 2010 | 11:29 am

  145. Flash floods inundate central Europe, nine dead
  146. Heavy downpours on Saturday caused rivers to overflow their banks and a dam to burst, submerging towns in the southwest corner of Poland

    Posted on 8 August 2010 | 4:38 pm

  147. Worst smog yet hits Moscow; people don face masks
  148. Visibility in the Russian capital dropped to a few dozen yards; 31 forest fires and 15 peat-bog fires were burning in the Moscow region alone; more than 500 separate blazes were burning in Russia on Friday

    Posted on 6 August 2010 | 7:11 pm

  149. Pentagon demand WikiLeaks return all classified documents
  150. WikiLeaks said it had written to Pentagon asking it to redact names of Commanders and informants from the papers still not made public

    Posted on 6 August 2010 | 3:24 pm

  151. US jobless claims rise, cast a pall on economy
  152. New US claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week underscoring a weak labor market and the fragile economic recovery

    Posted on 5 August 2010 | 6:14 pm

  153. Obama says ‘long battle’ in Gulf close to end
  154. After months of setbacks in efforts to permanently plug the deepsea well, BP said heavy drilling mud injected into it on Tuesday was stemming the flow of crude

    Posted on 5 August 2010 | 11:05 am

  155. Iran’s Ahmadinejad unhurt after blast near motorcade
  156. Ahmadinejad’s convoy targeted in city of Hamadan; President unhurt, one person arrested-presidency source; no immediate claim of responsibility for attack;

    Posted on 4 August 2010 | 4:05 pm

  157. BP begins ‘static kill’ operation on blown-out well
  158. The operation, aimed at subduing the still unstable deepwater gusher that was provisionally capped in mid-July, is part of a two-pronged strategy that seeks to finally seal the Macondo well

    Posted on 4 August 2010 | 8:30 am

  159. HSBC sees at least $110 mn impact from US law
  160. The sweeping law establishes a consumer protection agency, which could eventually deepen the cuts to HSBC’s US revenues, said North American CEO Niall Booker

    Posted on 3 August 2010 | 9:07 am

  161. Imports slow US Q2 growth, business spending surges
  162. Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.4% annual rate, the US commerce department said

    Posted on 30 July 2010 | 6:40 pm

  163. US economic growth seen slower in Q2 on imports
  164. Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.5% annual rate compared to a 2.7% pace in the first quarter, according to a Reuters survey

    Posted on 30 July 2010 | 1:20 pm

  165. WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands, US says
  166. Defense Secretary Robert Gates declined to comment on the probe but said he could not rule out more leaks of classified information

    Posted on 30 July 2010 | 10:05 am

  167. British FM Osborne urges India to open up financial services
  168. British finance minister George Osborne announced that India’s Exim Bank will be granted a licence to operate in Britain and the State Bank of India would base its European headquarters in London

    Posted on 29 July 2010 | 1:15 am

  169. Maradona dropped as Argentina coach
  170. Maradona’s future had been in doubt since Argentina’s 4-0 thrashing by Germany in the World Cup quarter-finals in South Africa this month

    Posted on 28 July 2010 | 9:52 am

  171. BP’s Hayward quits as spill cost put at $32 bn
  172. BP said Dudley, currently head of BP’s US operations, would be based in London and hand over his present duties to Lamar McKay

    Posted on 27 July 2010 | 12:25 pm

  173. BP’s Hayward to step aside; Gulf work resumes
  174. Hayward would be replaced by Bob Dudley, an American executive who is now managing the oil spill response operation, according to sources close to the British oil giant

    Posted on 26 July 2010 | 12:41 pm

  175. 18 killed in stampede at German Love Parade
  176. The festival, which police said drew about 1.4 million people, was not immediately cancelled because authorities feared an abrupt halt could spark a second panic

    Posted on 25 July 2010 | 2:12 pm

  177. Focus shifts to EU banks to scrape test pass
  178. Seven banks failed the unprecedented test of Europe’s banking system and need to plug a much smaller-than-expected combined capital shortfall of 3.5 billion euros

    Posted on 25 July 2010 | 12:42 pm

  179. Aircraft ‘black box’ inventor dies
  180. David Warren, ‘black box’ inventor, came up with the idea after probing the crash of the world’s first commercial jet, the Comet, in 1953

    Posted on 21 July 2010 | 11:48 am

  181. BP stops flow of oil into Gulf of Mexico
  182. That’s a key issue as the British energy giant moves to plug the leak permanently with a relief well intended to intersect the ruptured well

    Posted on 16 July 2010 | 2:02 pm

  183. WTO’s Lamy says Doha preparing for final deal
  184. The Doha talks aim to break down barriers to global commerce but are deadlocked, largely over differences between the US and the big emerging economies of China, India and Brazil

    Posted on 16 July 2010 | 12:12 pm

  185. EU executive clears BA, American, Iberia deal
  186. The European Commission, the EU competition watchdog, also cleared a British Airways’ merger with Spain’s Iberia

    Posted on 14 July 2010 | 3:54 pm

  187. White House says stimulus saved 3 million US jobs
  188. The economy has been creating private-sector jobs in recent months, but at a slow pace

    Posted on 14 July 2010 | 3:31 pm

  189. Greece sweetens deal in first debt issue since bailout
  190. Greece on April 13 offered a rate of 4.55% for equivalent six-month bills, up sharply from 1.38% in January as the financial markets turned against the debt-stricken country

    Posted on 13 July 2010 | 3:58 pm

  191. Russia, US swap 14 spies in Cold War-style exchange
  192. Russian agents leave New York; Kremlin chief Medvedev pardons 4 jailed spies; swap eases threat to US-Russia reset from spy scandal; plane said to be carrying agents lands in Vienna

    Posted on 9 July 2010 | 3:03 pm

  193. Militants strike at three places in Kashmir, curfew continues
  194. The authorities were working on plans to give phased-relaxation in curfew to allow people to offer prayers

    Posted on 9 July 2010 | 10:48 am

  195. India committed to WTO talks, logjam must end: minister
  196. WTO director-general Pascal Lamy said last month he was monitoring the progress of regional deals to make sure there was political momentum left for Doha

    Posted on 9 July 2010 | 10:07 am

  197. Global economic recovery strongest in emerging economies: US
  198. Although unemployment rates remain elevated and unacceptably high, job growth has returned

    Posted on 9 July 2010 | 10:03 am

  199. IMF raises world growth forecast but risks rising
  200. The IMF raised its 2010 world growth forecast to 4.6% from 4.1% in April and boosted estimates for the United States and China

    Posted on 8 July 2010 | 11:03 am

  201. Bigger role seen for emerging financial centers
  202. New financial centers seen in fastest growing economies; Sao Paulo, Mumbai, Shanghai among newcomers; new centers may soon dominate niche markets

    Posted on 7 July 2010 | 11:56 am

  203. Komorowski wins cliffhanger Polish election
  204. Komorowski, ally of PM Tusk, set to win cliffhanger poll; financial markets now expect government to push fiscal reforms; Tusk wary ahead of 2011 parliamentary election

    Posted on 5 July 2010 | 9:17 am

  205. Austerity budget to cost 1.3 million jobs in UK
  206. The emergency budget revealed a number of spending cuts and increased tax rates, including a rise in the VAT rate to 20% and a levy on bank profits

    Posted on 30 June 2010 | 4:29 pm

  207. German unemployment falls, seen hitting floor soon
  208. Unemployment fell by a seasonally adjusted 21,000 to 3.23 million, Federal Labour Office data showed on Wednesday, recording a 12th consecutive monthly fall

    Posted on 30 June 2010 | 3:46 pm

  209. Swatch Group founder Nicolas Hayek dies at 82
  210. Hayek was widely credited with saving the Swiss watchmaking industry by reorganising the ailing Asuag and SSIH watch companies, merging them into Swatch Group

    Posted on 29 June 2010 | 11:03 am

  211. BP oil spill costs hit $100 mn/day
  212. BP said it remained on track to complete its relief well, which aims to kill the leaking well at the point it meets the reservoir, in the 3-month timeframe initially envisaged

    Posted on 28 June 2010 | 12:14 pm

  213. Early stimulus exit may hit global recovery: PM
  214. Manmohan Singh said the manner of Europe’s handling of its debt problems would be ‘a major determinant of which way the world economy evolves’

    Posted on 26 June 2010 | 6:34 pm

  215. European Union talks on hedge fund rules collapse
  216. The breakdown happened shortly before EU leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy travel to Toronto for a meeting of the Group of 20 major economies

    Posted on 24 June 2010 | 3:15 pm

  217. ECB steps up pressure for tougher budget rules
  218. ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said governments must bolster the confidence of consumers and investors by sticking to tough fiscal goals to ensure the euro zone recovery remains on track

    Posted on 21 June 2010 | 6:20 pm

  219. Protectionism mounting despite G20 pledge: report
  220. Protectionist measures continue to mount; EU is one of most active protectionists, says GTA; G-20 should target jumbo measures covering $1.6 trillion in trade

    Posted on 21 June 2010 | 5:16 pm